Mexican economic reforms hit rocky patch

摘要

Reforms to Mexico's economy have been sweeping and far-reaching since President Enrique Pena Nieto came into power in 2012, replacing Felipe Calderon on a platform of speeding up economic growth through the development of the private sector. The president has made it his priority to attract investment and financing from foreign sources to the oil and gas sector, to add competition to the telecoms industry and to overhaul the power business. For the most part the reforms appear to be taking shape, but as he passes the halfway mark in his presidential tenure, the country's growth has begun to be slow and could leave Mexico short of meeting Pena Nieto's lofty aims.